Theorists Tackle Mysterious 'Baby' Planet

neutron_p writes "Researchers from the University of Rochester located a potential planet around another star so young that it defied theorists' explanations and another team of Rochester planet-formation specialists are backing up the original conclusions, saying they've confirmed that the hole formed in the star's dusty disk could very well have been formed by a new planet. The findings have implications for gaining insight into how our own solar system came to be, as well as finding other possibly habitable planetary systems throughout our galaxy."